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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 21 and 22 (Pages 131 - 143).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lisa Shilling's conversation with her parents opens the novel. Lisa tries to talk to her parents about something important. Lisa's mother, Mrs. Shilling, responds by doing what?
(a) Telling Lisa to go talk to her father.
(b) Asking Lisa's sister and friend if they would like more food.
(c) Telling Lisa she can't get married.
(d) Listening to Lisa's concerns.

2. During some group therapy sessions Mary Nell Fickett encourages Lisa Shilling to "free-associate" (p. 83). What does Mary Nell mean by this term?
(a) She wants Lisa to start being friends with other people.
(b) To start talking about whatever comes to mind.
(c) To talk about international trade relations.
(d) She wants to stop charging her patient for psychological services.

3. The narrator compares her newly-built school to her old school and notes that both schools have the same...
(a) Color of blackboards.
(b) Style of lockers.
(c) Tuna fish sandwiches every Friday.
(d) Type of indirect lighting.

4. Lisa Shilling's only sibling is..
(a) Ben, a younger brother.
(b) Elizabeth, an older sister.
(c) Brian, an older brother.
(d) Tracy, a younger sister.

5. Betsy Goodman believes that as an adult she will be great at being...
(a) Married.
(b) A lawyer.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A psychiatrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mary Nell Fickett tell Betsy Goodman that she is furious with Elizabeth Frazer?

2. According to the narrator, who is "the gasp!!!!" (p. 23) of the school?

3. How does Lisa Shilling attempt suicide the second time?

4. Lisa sarcastically says she admires a particular books titled...

5. According to the narrator, who "counts less" (p. 12) than anyone else in the novel?

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